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ent. Etanai pulled a trembling hand to his temple and picked up wetness his blurry eyes confirmed to be blood. His shaky legs gave way and he dropped to the sandy floor, resulting in him having to crawl his way to the crevice between the nearest houses. His ears slowly picked up the screams of intense fighting beyond th

unyielding like his life depended on it, or in accuracy, the life of someone dear to him did. He tried to shake off the pai

gunshots boom past the loud gruntings. He soon found a way – a rusty iron gate at medium height between the two houses he was hiding; that was the only barrier between him and his escape to the next street and from this place. He l

got a runawa

the crevice with murderous intent seeping through their shadowed sta

tuation. Again, there's a reason the street was free of its inhabitant. Not even the corrupt police are willing to interfere in this kind of dis

hing faces. "Property of Ighala's. Mess with me, you and your family become a thorn in his side." Though, t

musement before chuckling. "And of wha

. Etanai, in a variety of senses, was a man of the slums. Though incomparable to the current crisis, this was definitely not his first rodeo. The first man, though muscular, was sent staggering backwards with a groan. Etanai waste

n in his blood; certain he

stured to the skinny man. "Go get that bag. Any item from the Ighala gang should be worth a handsome fetch." He then f

d plea. "I'm begging you. I........I have a sick woman at home. Sir, pl...ease, she won't survi

w you. This is a gang war. Any life I fail to take here is a drop in my pay."

ocking on air, but it does nothing to stop his pit-fall into unconsciousness as he lost blood. The man had missed his lungs; whether it was on purpose was a thoug

okay if I took care

be your new home from now

?! Next time they question who your parents are, bring them over.

ing through the increasing hardship of life in the slums of the lower districts and yet, it s

lly succumbed to w

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corner for missing body parts......

r of dead eyes staring right at him. His alarmed eyes immediately scanned around him to discover he's been lumped in with tens of corpses, slowly rising in a tightly packed rope net. The gang battle must have

ies be moved to? Most of the bodies here with Etanai are society rejects with no one to claim them, and those that do are probably not willing to. Luckily the weight on him was

e the vehicle was in the lower district anymore. Through the repulsive smell of decaying bodies, he could pick up on the much cleaner air in the atmosphere. It felt weird

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h was proof hours had passed until

few more. Hold..

t is lifted once again. His dull brain refused to ride on his suspicion to what was abo

feel bad for

have expected this kind of end to their oppressive lifestyle. I hop

us too?! Just dump these corpses and let's get the hell outta

n any way possible as he struggled to move, reigniting the agonizing sensation across his neck. This valley is the unforgiving territory of the goddess of Retributio

t falling past a depth where the moonlight refused to touch. The bottom of the valley stretched deeper into the earth. He s

s the valley floor, one his feet were not touching. A presence much chiller than the surrounding had him turning to his right side to come face to face with a pair of button-shaped eyes. A lon

t slowing down despite the guttural sound of anger behind him. Unfortunately, he doesn't get far before a pair of large paws for feet landed on either side of his head. He turned ar

ense wave he had ever

g more than an illusion, yet the thick air of blood and the sight of familiar members from the

nd with the creature completely bent over him a

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e of you watching on this mon

Shannon, it's truly is a blessed day – a day the latest generation of Holy-Warriors will walk into th

seen countless children quit the school due to either being expelled or simply unfit to continue there. There was even a year where over 300 trainees were droppe

twenty students who were then announced as the finalist just two days ago. Today, we pray to our Supreme Watcher as these finalis

shows us these star-touched warriors will then possess elemental powers th

ears ago; marking Elder Tobias' third daughter as the forty-fourth Priestess of seventy-seven holy star symbols in the Wisdom temple's history. I believe

iors. I don't know about you, Carter, but I'm sure a lot of the city and nation people would love to see her

th reporters listened over their in-ear

t their priestess for the first time before they head off to the

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ression, their shoulders stiff at the

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